While reading over at the Forums in Ravelry I ran into someone who was using this as their avatar:
It made me smile. Thought I would pass it along.
Frodo is doing really well when he is in the house with us. He is not too rowdy. He stays out of things that don't belong to him.... [but woe to dog toys, he disects them with malice]... He hasn't had any potty accidents at all and is affectionate and sweet, if a little wary at times.
However. When he goes over to the playground and we let him loose to run with Sunny, he has gotten progressively out of control. He gets to running and barking and sort of zones out. He drools and yesterday he got to the point where he had lost all awareness of me or Daniel or Sunny for that matter. Daniel finally had to take Sunny home and I stayed for another 15 minutes or so trying to catch Frodo. We would still be there, but he finally wore himself to a standstill.
I felt so bad for him. From what I understand, for about three years he has mostly been in a dog run or a garage. And it looks like he has developed some obsessive compulsive disorder problems.
I talked at length with the Sheltie Rescue director last night, and she is going to get in touch with some people who deal with this kind of thing and hopefully I will get some pointers on what to do to help him.
It's almost like he has two personalities. Indoors with us, you could not ask for a sweeter dog.
But outdoors, when he gets stressed, he just has a mental meltdown.
It was painful to watch.
So this is where the rubber meets the road for me. I hope I have what it takes to rehabilitate this great dog. He deserves the best we can muster up for him.
Seems like he has already been to Mount Doom. He's paid his dues.
Now it's time to have a real life. Indoors AND out.
Which way to The Shire?
Come to the
Dark Side
Dark Side
We have cookies
It made me smile. Thought I would pass it along.
Frodo is doing really well when he is in the house with us. He is not too rowdy. He stays out of things that don't belong to him.... [but woe to dog toys, he disects them with malice]... He hasn't had any potty accidents at all and is affectionate and sweet, if a little wary at times.
However. When he goes over to the playground and we let him loose to run with Sunny, he has gotten progressively out of control. He gets to running and barking and sort of zones out. He drools and yesterday he got to the point where he had lost all awareness of me or Daniel or Sunny for that matter. Daniel finally had to take Sunny home and I stayed for another 15 minutes or so trying to catch Frodo. We would still be there, but he finally wore himself to a standstill.
I felt so bad for him. From what I understand, for about three years he has mostly been in a dog run or a garage. And it looks like he has developed some obsessive compulsive disorder problems.
I talked at length with the Sheltie Rescue director last night, and she is going to get in touch with some people who deal with this kind of thing and hopefully I will get some pointers on what to do to help him.
It's almost like he has two personalities. Indoors with us, you could not ask for a sweeter dog.
But outdoors, when he gets stressed, he just has a mental meltdown.
It was painful to watch.
So this is where the rubber meets the road for me. I hope I have what it takes to rehabilitate this great dog. He deserves the best we can muster up for him.
Seems like he has already been to Mount Doom. He's paid his dues.
Now it's time to have a real life. Indoors AND out.
Which way to The Shire?